3-dimensional image display

ABSTRACT

A 3-dimensional image display includes a backlight source, a light deflecting lens array, and a display panel. The light deflecting lens array is disposed over the backlight source. The light deflecting lens array has a plurality of light deflecting units, each of the light deflecting units deflects a portion of the backlight source into a plurality of viewing zones in a time sequence. The display panel displays images by the same time sequence corresponding to the viewing zones. The backlight source passes through the display panel to provide the images respectively to the viewing zones.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This is a continuation-in-part application of and claims the prioritybenefit of patent application Ser. No. 11/536,691, filed on Sep. 29,2006, which claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no.95130365, filed on Aug. 18, 2006. The entirety of each of theabove-mentioned patent applications is hereby incorporated by referenceherein and made a part of this specification.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Technical Field

The present invention relates to an electronic assembly. Moreparticularly, the present invention relates to a 3D-image display.

BACKGROUND

Generally, a conventional circuit board for carrying and electricallyconnecting a plurality of electronic components is composed of aplurality of patterned conductive layers and a plurality of insulatinglayers stacked alternately. The patterned conductive layers may beformed of copper foils through lithography and etching processes, andthe insulating layers are respectively disposed between the adjacentpatterned conductive layers for isolating the patterned conductivelayers. Besides, these overlapped patterned conductive layers areelectrically connected to each other through conductive vias. Moreover,electronic components can be disposed on the surface of the circuitboard so as to form an electronic assembly. The electronic componentsare electrically connected to the patterned conductive layer on thesurface of the circuit board and electrical signal propagation isaccomplished via the internal wiring of the circuit board.

For the application of image display, the image is displayed with 3D (3dimension) visual effect has been proposed.

SUMMARY

In an embodiment, a light deflecting lens array includes a substrate anda plurality of light deflecting units. The plurality of light deflectingunits, formed as a light deflecting lens array, disposed on thesubstrate. Each of the light deflecting units deflects an incident lightinto a specific viewing zone.

In an embodiment, a 3-dimensional image display includes a backlightsource, a light deflecting lens array, and a display panel. The lightdeflecting lens array is disposed over the backlight source. The lightdeflecting lens array has a plurality of light deflecting units, each ofthe light deflecting units deflects a portion of the backlight sourceinto a plurality of viewing zones in a time sequence. The display panel,to display images by the same time sequence corresponding to the viewingzones. The backlight source passes through the display panel to providethe images respectively to the viewing zones.

In an embodiment, a 3-dimensional image display includes a display paneland a light deflecting lens array. The display panel is to display asequence of images with actively emitting an image light. The images arecorresponding to a plurality of viewing zones and sequentially displayedby a time sequence. The light deflecting lens array is disposed over thedisplay panel. The light deflecting lens array has a plurality of lightdeflecting units, the light deflecting units sequentially deflect theimage light to the corresponding viewing zones by the same timesequence.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description andthe following detailed description are exemplary, and are intended toprovide further explanation of the disclosure as claimed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a furtherunderstanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute apart of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of theinvention and, together with the description, serve to explain theprinciples of the invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a flexible electronic assembly according to afirst embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a performance of a liquid crystal light deflecting unitwithout bias, according to an embodiment of disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a performance of a liquid crystal light deflecting unit withbias, according to an embodiment of disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a drawing, schematically illustrating the deflection mechanismfrom the LC, according an embodiment of disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional drawing, schematically illustrating a lightdeflecting device, according to an embodiment of disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional drawing, schematically illustrating anotherlight deflecting device, according to an embodiment of disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional drawing, schematically illustrating anotherlight deflecting device with more LC light deflecting units, accordingto an embodiment of disclosure.

FIG. 8A is a cross-sectional drawing, schematically illustrating pixelstructure with multiple viewing zones according to an embodiment ofdisclosure.

FIG. 8B is a cross-sectional drawing, schematically illustrating pixelstructure with multiple viewing zones according to an embodiment ofdisclosure.

FIG. 9A is a drawing, schematically illustrating a mechanism for 3Dimage display, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 9B is a drawing, schematically illustrating a mechanism for 3Dimage display, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional drawing, schematically illustrating adisplay structure for 3D image display based on lenticular lens array,according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 11 is a drawing, schematically illustrating a time sequence forturning on the four groups of the light source, according to anembodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 12 is perspective drawing, schematically illustrating the 3D imagedisplay mechanism, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 13 is a perspective drawing, schematically illustrating multipleviewers at different viewing zones to view individual image content,according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIGS. 14A-14B are cross-sectional drawings, schematically illustrating adisplay structure for 3D image display based on liquid lens array,according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 15 is perspective drawing, schematically illustrating the 3D imagedisplay mechanism, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 16 is a perspective drawing, schematically illustrating multipleviewers at different viewing zones to view individual image content,according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view, schematically illustrating the 3D imagedisplay mechanism, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view, schematically illustrating the 3D imagedisplay mechanism, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF DISCLOSED EMBODIMENTS

The flexible display can be based on the technology of flexibleelectronic assembly. Embodiment for the flexible electronic assembly isprovided as follows.

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a flexible electronic assembly according to afirst embodiment of the disclosure. Referring to FIG. 1, the flexibleelectronic assembly 100 includes a flexible circuit board 110 and atleast one electronic component 120. The flexible circuit board 110includes a dielectric film layer 112 and a patterned conductive layer114 disposed on the dielectric film layer 112. The electronic components120 are disposed on the flexible circuit board 110 and electricallyconnected to the flexible circuit board 110, and the flexible angle θ ofthe flexible electronic assembly 100 is greater than 5 degrees. Itshould be noted that the flexible angle θ refers to the tangent angleformed by the curved flexible circuit board 110 with a horizontal line Ltangent to the curved flexible circuit board 110. Besides, the value ofthe flexible angle θ of the flexible electronic assembly 100 isdetermined according to the material of the flexible circuit board 110and the sizes of the electronic components 120 thereon. For example, thesmaller the sizes of the electronic components 120 are, the larger thecurving extent of the flexible electronic assembly is.

In the embodiment, the material of the dielectric film layer 112 may bepolyimide, glass epoxy resin, polyester, or bismaleimide-triazine resin(i.e. BT resin), and the electronic components 120 may be disposed onthe patterned conductive layer 114. Besides, one of the electroniccomponents 120 may be a logic control component or a driving component.The electronic component 120 may be a chip or a chip package. The otherone of the electronic components 120 may be a light emitting diode chip,a chip having photodiode, or a chip package containing one of theforegoing chips.

In specific, the electronic components 120 can be the components forforming a flexible display, such as flexible liquid crystal display(LCD). The electronic components 120 can be electrically connected tothe patterned conductive layer 114 through flip chip bonding technology,tape automated bonding technology, or surface mounting technology. Forexample, one of the electronic components 120 may be a chip and has aplurality of bumps 122, and the said electronic component 120 iselectrically connected to the patterned conductive layer 114 through thebumps 122. The said electronic component 120 is usually electricallyconnected to the patterned conductive layer 114 through flip chipbonding technology if the material of the bumps 122 of the saidelectronic component 120 is tin, lead, or tin-lead alloy, while the saidelectronic component 120 is usually electrically connected to thepatterned conductive layer 114 through tape automated bonding technologyif the material of the bumps 122 is gold.

Furthermore, if one of the electronic components 120 is a chip package,the said electronic component 120 can be electrically connected to thepatterned conductive layer 114 through solder paste (not shown). Inother words, the said electronic component 120 is electrically connectedto the patterned conductive layer 114 through surface mountingtechnology. It should be noted that the electronic components 120 (ofenough number) of the flexible electronic assembly 100 may beelectrically connected to the flexible circuit board 110 through anyone, two, or three of the aforementioned technologies.

In order to display image with 3D visual effect, the lenticular lensplate is usually used to deflect the image light to the two eyes,respectively, to form the 3D effect. However, the lenticular lens plateis not the only choice. Before describing the 3D image display, anadjustable liquid crystal (LC) light deflecting unit is disclosed. Theadjustable LC light deflecting unit can be generally as a lightdeflecting unit.

FIG. 2 is a performance of a liquid crystal light deflecting unitwithout bias, according to an embodiment of disclosure. Taking the LClight deflecting unit 140 as an example to serve like lenticular lens,it includes a light deflecting layer sandwiched by two transparentelectrode layers 154, 158. The light deflecting layer is composed of aliquid crystal (LC) layer 150 with index of refraction n_(LC) and atransparent material layer 152 with index of refraction n. Thetransparent material layer 152 and the liquid crystal layer 150 are inprism structure and have a slant interface. A bias can be applied to theliquid crystal layer 150 by applying voltages to the bottom electrodelayer 156 and the top electrode layer 154, so as to change the aligningdirection of the liquid crystal and then the index of refraction n_(LC)can be changed. In the example that the bias is not applied, thedirection of the long axis of liquid crystal in the liquid crystal layer150 is about at the horizontal direction and the index of refractionn_(LC) is represented as n_(e), with a condition of n<n_(e). In anexample, when the incident light 158 with a polarization parallel to thelong axis of liquid crystal, the light is deflected to left according tothe Snell's law. This is also known as the E-ray.

Here, the liquid crystal layer 150 is just an example. The liquidcrystal layer 150 can be an anisotropic material of which the opticalaxis can be controlled. Even further, the transparent material layer 152can also be other anisotropic material of which the optical axis can becontrolled as well.

FIG. 3 is a performance of a liquid crystal light deflecting unit withbias, according to an embodiment of disclosure. In FIG. 3, when a biasis applied to the liquid crystal layer 150 by applying a ground voltageto the bottom electrode layer 156 and applying a positive voltage to thetop electrode layer 154, the liquid crystal are rotated to be verticalaligning direction and the index of refraction n_(LC) is changed ton_(o), greater than the index of refraction n of the transparentmaterial layer 152. In this situation, when the incident light withtransverse polarization vertically enters the liquid crystal layer 150,the light is deflected toward the right side, according to the Snell'slaw. This also known as the O-ray.

Based on the adjustable change of the index of refraction of liquidcrystal layer 150, the incident light can be deflected to the otherexpected direction under control. As a result, the function like thelenticular lens can be achieved. Additionally, the aligning direction ofliquid crystal under control may result in the effect of deflecting theincident light. FIG. 4 is a drawing, schematically illustrating thedeflection mechanism from the LC, according an embodiment of disclosure.In FIG. 4 a, for example, the light being vertically incident to the LClight deflecting unit is not deflected at the output end when the liquidcrystal is aligned to the light incident direction. Alternatively, forexample in FIG. 4 b, when the bias is applied between the electrodelayers, the liquid crystal are rotated to a controlled direction withthe change of index of refraction, the incident light is defected toother direction. In other words, based on the property of controllableindex of refraction and the aligning direction of the liquid LC, inassociation with another transparent layer, the incident light can bedeflected to the determined direction.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional drawing, schematically illustrating a lightdeflecting device, according to an embodiment of disclosure. In FIG. 5,three LC light deflecting units 140 are shown as an example. Based ontechnology of flexible assembly, a flexible light deflecting device canbe fabricated with multiple LC light deflecting units 140 as thecolumnar structure on the substrate, such as a flexible substrate or arigid substrate. The LC light deflecting units 140 can be implementedwith the light source 162. The light source 162 can be formed bymultiple light emitting devices in this example. It can be understoodthat each light defecting unit 140 is a columnar structure, extendingalong a vertical line of a displayed image in a practical application.In this example, each LC light deflecting unit 140 has a bottomelectrode layer 156 and a top electrode layer 154.

A controllable light-deflecting layer is sandwiched between the twoelectrode layers 154, 156. The controllable light-deflecting layer iscomposed of a transparent material layer 152 with index of refractionn_(o) and a liquid crystal layer 150 with controllable index ofrefraction n₁, in which n1 can be adjusted to be less or greater thann_(o). The transparent material layer 152 and the liquid crystal layer150 can have a slant interface. In an example, the transparent materiallayer 152 and the liquid crystal layer 150 are the prism structures. Aseparator 160 may be also implemented at the interface. The transparentmaterial layer 152 may be, for example, a solid material or another kindof LC without specifically limited to the example. Also, the liquidcrystal layer 150 can also be any material with controllable index ofrefraction without specifically limited to example. In addition, thestack sequence of the transparent material layer 152 and the liquidcrystal layer 150 can also be changed in option.

The optical property is that the index of refraction can be adjusted byapplying proper bias between the two electrode layers, so that theincident light can be deflected as adjusted. In this example, the bottomelectrode layer 156 can be the ground voltage layer and can be commonlyconnected together in flexible shape. In this example, the light source162 can be formed from the light-emitting devices over the bottomelectrode layer 156, so that the emitted light is directly entering theLC light deflecting units 140. By applying a proper operation voltageindividually on each of the top electrode layers in association with thegeometric structure, the output lights can be deflected to thedetermined directions. In one application on 3D display, the outputlights of the LC light deflecting units 140 are deflected into adirection at a time period. In next time period, the output lights ofthe LC light deflecting units 140 are deflected into another direction,for another viewing zone.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional drawing, schematically illustrating anotherlight deflecting device, according to an embodiment of disclosure. Thelight source 164 can have other choice. In this example, the lightsource 164 is provided by external collimated light. In this structure,the incident light source 154 onto the LC light deflecting units 140 isnot vertical. However, with the proper setting of the geometricallocations and the operation bias, the function of deflecting lights 166a, 166 b, 166 c into the intended directions can also be achieved.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional drawing, schematically illustrating anotherlight deflecting device with more LC light deflecting units, accordingto an embodiment of disclosure. In FIG. 7, several LC light deflectingunits 140 can be formed as a lens array 180, being grouped correspondingto pixels so as to form multiple viewing regions when applying to 3Dimage display. Due to the flexible property, the viewing regions can beeasily set up in the space for naked eyes to view 3D image. In temporalmultiplexed mechanism for 3D display, several viewing zonescorresponding to different viewing angles of same landscape are to bedisplay by a time sequence. The LC light deflecting units 140 can becontrolled to respectively deflect the 2D images of viewing zones intoviewing directions by the same time sequence. The two eyes of a viewerat different viewing direction to view the left image and the rightimage of two different viewing zones. As a result, due to the parallaxbetween the two viewing zones, a 3D visual effect can be created in thehuman visual system. The mechanism for 3D image display is to bedescribed later in detail.

FIG. 8A is a cross-sectional drawing, schematically illustrating pixelstructure with multiple viewing zones according to an embodiment ofdisclosure. In FIG. 8A, the lens array 180 is implemented behind thepixels 182 a, 182 b of a flexible display panel. Here, only two pixels182 a, 182 b are presented as the example. In this example, one pixelmay be implemented with nine LC light deflecting units 140. The lightsource 162 may provide light just behind the LC light deflecting units140. All of the LC light deflecting units 140 are adjusted to have thesame light emitting direction, corresponding to the viewing zones.However, the light emitting direction is changed by time sequence,corresponding to the time sequence of display, so that images withparallax of multiple viewing zones are sequentially project to differentviewing directions for view by two eyes of a viewer at different time.Since the two eyes receive the two images at two viewing zones and formthe 3D visual effect.

It can be noted that the flexible display panel in this example of FIG.8A, such as the LCD display panel, needs the back light. Alternatively,if the flexible display panel is the type to actively emit image light,such as LED display panel, the lens array 180 is disposed in front ofthe pixels of the display panel. FIG. 8B is a cross-sectional drawing,schematically illustrating pixel structure with multiple viewing zonesaccording to an embodiment of disclosure. In FIG. 8B, the pixels 182 a,182 b are disposed behind the lens array 180 to actively emit the imagelight. The lens array 180 in this example does not need the light source162.

To have the 3D image display for multiple viewers to view individual 3Dcontent at different portion of the landscape, the flexible displaypanel can be set as a round geometric structure in an example. FIG. 9Ais a drawing, schematically illustrating a mechanism for 3D imagedisplay, according to an embodiment of the disclosure. In FIG. 9A, alight source 200 with the flexible property is assembled as the roundgeometric structure. A lens array 204 with the flexible property is alsoset as a round geometric structure to deflect the light source 200 intomultiple viewing zones in a time sequence. The round display panel 206is then receives the light source 200 with multiple viewing zones todisplay the images according to temporal multiplexed mechanism. Themechanism for 3D image display is described in subsequent embodiments.The light source 200 and the lens array 204 can be formed together as anactive barrier dynamic backlight slit assembler in an integrated unit.

FIG. 9B is a drawing, schematically illustrating a mechanism for 3Dimage display, according to an embodiment of the disclosure. In FIG. 9B,if the display panel 210 is actively emitting the image light, with thesame concept, the lens array 204 is disposed as an outer layer, so thatthe image light can be deflected and enter the multiple viewing zonesfor the two eyes of each viewer, respectively.

Based on the example in FIG. 9A, multiple viewers can view the 3D imagedisplay with different contents at different display regions of theround display panel 206. Taking four viewing zones as an example to becreated, each viewing zone occupies 1/240 second for display one 2Dimage. One eye receives the first image in 1/240 second at one viewingzone and another eye receives another image in next 1/240 second at theadjacent viewing zone. This is within the acceptable range of the humanvisual system to compose the 3D effect without causing image blinking.The detail is described in FIG. 10.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional drawing, schematically illustrating adisplay structure for 3D image display based on lenticular lens array,according to an embodiment of the disclosure. In FIG. 10, the embodimentis illustrated for four viewing zones 1-4 located at the viewinglocation 208. Each viewing zone uses 1/240 second to display one image.In this example, the light source 200 at specific location is groupedcorresponding to each lenticular lens of the lenticular lens array 204.For the four viewing zones, each lenticular lens has four groups 1-4 oflight sources corresponding to four viewing zones 1-4. The four groupsof light are sequentially turned on for 1/240 second. For example, thegroup 1 of light source 200 is turned on, and then the group 2 of lightsource 200 is turned on next for 1/240 second. Likewise, the groups 3and 4 of light source 200 are sequentially turned on for 1/240 second.Generally, the multiple viewing zones equally shares 1/60 second for oneimage frame. In addition, a uni-direction diffusion lens plate 202 canbe used with the light source 200 to improve the light emittingdirection to form the active barrier. The uni-direction diffusion lensplate 202 can condense the light individually belonging to each thelenticular lens at transverse direction.

It can be understood that the flexible property has the advantage forbending the display into the geometric structure. However, the flexibleproperty may also be set as a flat structure. According to the need, theflexible property can be replaced by a rigid flat structure. In otherwords, the provided embodiments as described in the disclosure can alsobe applied to a rigid flat display.

The lenticular lenses of the lens array 204 receive the light anddeflect the light into each viewing zone in a time sequence,respectively. The display panel 206 displays the corresponding images ofthe four viewing zones by the same time sequence according to temporalmultiplexed mechanism. Further descriptions about the 3D image displaymechanism will be provided later in FIG. 12.

The light source 200 is divided into four groups, which are turned onsequentially, and then a displaying rate of 60 Hz for displaying 3Dimage still maintain. FIG. 11 is a drawing, schematically illustrating atime sequence for turning on the four groups of the light source,according to an embodiment of the disclosure. In FIG. 11, the timesequence for turning on the four groups of the light source 200. Whenthe group 1 of the light source is turned on, represented by whiteregion, the other groups 2-4 are turned off. At this moment, only theviewing zone (view 4) corresponding to one eye can be viewed. When thegroup 2 is turned on and groups 1, 3-4 are turned off, only the viewingzone (view 3) can be viewed at another eye. The display panel 206correspondingly displays the images with a period of 1/240 second fourdifferent viewing zones. Likewise, the group 2, group 3, and group 4 aresequentially turned on for viewing zones 3, 2 and 1. Four viewing zonescan be created.

FIG. 12 is perspective drawing, schematically illustrating the 3D imagedisplay mechanism, according to an embodiment of the disclosure. In FIG.12, for one viewer 216, the lenticular lens array 204 and the activebarrier 212 form as a backlight source. According to the time sequencefor turning the groups of the light source, multiple viewing zones atmultiple directions are created. The lights belonging to differentviewing zones can enter the left eye (L) and the right eye (R) atdifferent time period. Since the directions of light for the viewingzones are different, the two eyes do not interfere. Only one eyeindividually receives the image at one corresponding viewing zone at itsdisplaying time period, such as 1/240 second. As a result, the 3D imagecan be created for the viewer by naked eyes.

FIG. 13 is a perspective drawing, schematically illustrating multipleviewers at different viewing zones to view individual image content,according to an embodiment of the disclosure. In FIG. 13, based on theflexible property, the active barrier 212 is formed in a round shape toemit lights. Each light unit of the active barrier is a thin barstructure, for example. Three viewers 250 are shown at three viewinglocations for different part of image to be displayed in the displaypanel 214. Each viewer 250 views the 3D image based on the mechanism asdescribed in FIG. 12.

The previous embodiments for 3D image display are based on thelenticular lens array in association with the control of the backlightsource. However, the lenticular lens array 204 in FIG. 12 can bereplaced by the LC light deflecting units to form liquid lens array.Generally, a light deflecting lens array can be referred and can be thelenticular lens array or the liquid lens array, or any other array withthe same function.

FIGS. 14A-14B are cross-sectional drawings, schematically illustrating adisplay structure for 3D image display based on liquid lens array,according to an embodiment of the disclosure. In FIG. 14A, the activebarrier 264 as the backlight source includes the light source 260 andthe uni-direction diffusion lens plate 262. In this embodiment, all ofthe light source may be turned on/off without grouped. For example, thecollimated light source is produced. Each of the LC light deflectingunits of the liquid lens array 268 can be controlled to deflect theincident light to a set direction, corresponding to one of the viewingzones by a time sequence. For example In FIG. 14A, the LC lightdeflecting units of the liquid lens array 268 are adjusted to emit lighttoward the viewing zone (view 1) at a time period, such 1/240 second. InFIG. 14B, the LC light deflecting units of the liquid lens array 268 areadjusted to emit light toward the next viewing zone (view 2) at the nexttime period, such 1/240 second. The flexible display panel 206sequentially displays the images of the viewing zones. When the left-eyeimage and the right-eye image at the viewing location 208 separatelyview the images at two adjacent viewing zones, a 3D image can be createdfor the corresponding viewer. The display mechanism is like themechanism for lenticular lens in FIG. 10.

FIG. 15 is perspective drawing, schematically illustrating the 3D imagedisplay mechanism, according to an embodiment of the disclosure. In FIG.15, for one viewing location 300, the liquid lens array 268 and theactive barrier 264 form as a backlight source. The emitted light in eachLC light deflecting unit of the liquid lens array 268 respectivelypasses the flexible display panel 214 and then enters the left eye (L)and right eye (R) in a time sequence. The left-eye image and theright-eye image are sequentially display in the flexible display panel214 and sequentially enter the two eyes to form a 3D image.

FIG. 16 is a perspective drawing, schematically illustrating multipleviewers at different viewing zones to view individual image content,according to an embodiment of the disclosure. In FIG. 16, based on theflexible property, the active barrier as the 264 is formed in a roundshape to emit lights. Each light unit is a thin bar structure. Threeviewing locations 300 are shown at three viewing zones. A viewer at eachviewing location 300 views the 3D image with naked eyes based on themechanism as described in FIG. 15. However, different viewing location300 views different part of the flexible display panel 214. For theexample of three viewers, they can be located at different viewinglocations 300. The flexible display panel 214 displays the 3D images formultiple viewers.

It can be understood that if the display panel 214 displays differentcontents at the different viewing locations, multiple viewers canseparately view different image objects. This is also one of practicalapplications.

Even further, the previous embodiments for the 3D image display arebased on the flexible display panel in light transmission type. Theproduct of LCD panel is more popular in the current market. However, asdescribed in FIGS. 8B and 9B, the LED display panel is also developedand can actively emit the image light. In this situation, the locationof the display panel is behind the lens array, so as to deflect theimage light to both eyes with left-eye image and right-eye image.

Even further, because the light deflection of the LC light deflectingunit can be dynamically adjusted, when the viewer is moving viewinglocation/angle, the image content can be dynamically tracking theviewer. In this mechanism, an additional viewer tracker can beimplemented to detect the location of the viewer based on the technologyof state-in-the-art without limitation.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view, schematically illustrating the 3D imagedisplay mechanism, according to an embodiment of the disclosure. In FIG.17, the flexible display panel 400 with actively emitting image light isformed in a round shape as an example. The flexible display panel 400can emit image lights by time sequence. The lenticular lens array 402 isdisposed outer the flexible display panel 400. Four viewers 404 a-404 d,as an example, can respectively view 3D image at the correspondingviewing locations.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view, schematically illustrating the 3D imagedisplay mechanism, according to an embodiment of the disclosure. In FIG.18, the flexible display panel 400 with actively emitting image light isformed in a round shape as an example. The flexible display panel 400can emit image light in a time sequence. The liquid lens array 406 isdisposed outer the flexible display panel 400. Four viewers 404 a-404 d,as an example, can respectively view 3D image at the correspondingviewing locations.

In general, the lens array can be disposed in any proper locationbetween the light source and the viewer, in which the light source maybe just the backlight or the image light carrying the color informationfrom the display panel. The flexible lens array deflects the pixellights of the left-eye image and right-eye image to two naked eyes ofone viewer at the specific viewing zone without interfering with otherviewers.

Further, as previously mentioned, the embodiments are not limited to theflexible structure and can be applied to the rigid flat display or anyother proper geometric structure.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that variousmodifications and variations can be made to the structure of the presentinvention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention.In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present inventioncover modifications and variations of this invention provided they fallwithin the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.

1. A light deflecting lens array, comprising: a substrate; and aplurality of light deflecting units, formed as a light deflecting lensarray, disposed on the substrate, wherein each of the light deflectingunits deflects an incident light into a specific viewing zone.
 2. Thelight deflecting lens array of claim 1, wherein the light deflectionunits are lenticular lenses.
 3. The light deflecting lens array of claim1, wherein the light deflection units, comprising: two electrode layers;a transparent material prism; and an anisotropic material prism, whereinthe transparent material prism and the anisotropic material prism aresandwiched between the two electrode layer and form a slant interface,wherein an index of refraction of the anisotropic material prism isadjustable by applying a bias between the two electrode layers.
 4. Thelight deflecting lens array of claim 3, wherein the anisotropic materialprism is a liquid crystal prism.
 5. The light deflecting lens array ofclaim 3, wherein a material of the transparent material prism is alsoanisotropic material.
 6. The light deflecting lens array of claim 3,wherein the index of refraction of the anisotropic material prism isadjusted in range and can be greater or less than an index of refractionof the transparent material prism.
 7. The light deflecting lens array ofclaim 1, wherein the substrate is a flexible substrate.
 8. The lightdeflecting lens array of claim 1, wherein the substrate is a rigidsubstrate.
 9. A 3-dimensional image display, comprising: a backlightsource; a light deflecting lens array, disposed over the backlightsource, wherein the light deflecting lens array has a plurality of lightdeflecting units, each of the light deflecting units deflects a portionof the backlight source into a plurality of viewing zones in a timesequence; a display panel, to display images by the same time sequencecorresponding to the viewing zones, wherein the backlight source passesthrough the display panel to provide the images respectively to theviewing zones.
 10. The 3-dimensional image display of claim 9, whereinthe light deflecting units of the light deflecting lens array arelenticular lenses, wherein the backlight source corresponding to each ofthe lenticular lenses are grouped into a plurality of light groups atdifferent locations with respect to the lenticular lenses, the lightgroups are sequentially turned on according to the time sequence to emitlight toward the viewing zones.
 11. The 3-dimensional image display ofclaim 9, wherein each of the light deflecting units of the lightdeflecting lens array comprises: two electrode layers; a transparentmaterial prism; and an anisotropic material prism, wherein thetransparent material prism and the anisotropic material prism aresandwiched between the two electrode layer and form a slant interface,wherein an index of refraction of the anisotropic material prism isadjustable by applying a bias between the two electrode layers todeflect the backlight source toward the viewing zones.
 12. The3-dimensional image display of claim 11, wherein the anisotropicmaterial prism is a liquid crystal prism.
 13. The 3-dimensional imagedisplay of claim 11, wherein a material of the transparent materialprism is also anisotropic material.
 14. The 3-dimensional image displayof claim 11, wherein the index of refraction of the anisotropic materialprism is adjusted in range and can be greater or less than an index ofrefraction of the transparent material prism.
 15. The 3-dimensionalimage display of claim 9, wherein the backlight source provides acollimated light source to the light deflecting lens array, or the backlight source is attached on the light deflecting units.
 16. The3-dimensional image display of claim 9, wherein the display panelperiodically and sequentially displays the images by the time sequence,wherein display periods of the viewing zones equally share a period ofone image frame.
 17. The 3-dimensional image display of claim 9, whereinthe display panel is flexible and bent as a round shape and multipleviewing locations are set.
 18. The 3-dimensional image display of claim9, wherein the backlight source also comprises a uni-direction diffusionlens plate to condense the portion of the backlight source into acentral region, respectively.
 19. A 3-dimensional image display,comprising: a display panel to display a sequence of images withactively emitting an image light, wherein the images are corresponding aplurality of viewing zones and sequentially displayed by a timesequence; and a light deflecting lens array, disposed over the displaypanel, wherein the light deflecting lens array has a plurality of lightdeflecting units, the light deflecting units sequentially deflect theimage light to the corresponding viewing zones by the same timesequence.
 20. The 3-dimensional image display of claim 19, wherein thelight deflecting units of the light deflecting lens array are lenticularlenses.
 21. The 3-dimensional image display of claim 19, wherein each ofthe light deflecting units of the light deflecting lens array comprises:two electrode layers; a transparent material prism; and an anisotropicmaterial prism, wherein the transparent material prism and theanisotropic material prism are sandwiched between the two electrodelayer and form a slant interface, wherein an index of refraction of theanisotropic material prism is adjustable by applying a bias between thetwo electrode layers.
 22. The 3-dimensional image display of claim 19,wherein the display panel is flexible and bent as a round shape andmultiple viewing locations are set.